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A startup newspaper in Albany was determined to see Mattie Allison hanged, one way or another.But when her court case got started, the real story came out ...

— MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 487 — MARCH 18, 2018 —

Free-love anarchist newspaper shut down for “smut”

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— MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 488 — MARCH 25, 2018 —

Mayor Baker's theatre defined Portland culture

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— DESCHUTES & LANE COUNTIES — COLUMN N° 489 — APRIL 1, 2018 —

Murderers wandered valley, desperately suborning perjury

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— COLUMBIA RIVER BAR — COLUMN N° 490 — APRIL 8, 2018 —

Deadly shipwreck was luckiest break of injured sailor’s life

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— 1902, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 491 — APRIL 15, 2018 —

Two murderers picked the wrong landlady to steal from

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— 1904, COLUMBIA RIVER BAR — COLUMN N° 492 — APRIL 22, 2018 —

Schooner sailed 120 miles through a hurricane, full of water

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—1902, MULTNOMAH COUNTY — COLUMN N° 493 — APRIL 29, 2018 —

Unwritten Law couldn’t help man after he murdered in-laws too

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